Budomaru

check my homepage - i've got a lot of links that point to sites with videos of kicks, demos, moves, poomse etc.

i think both are quite good - well you the topic is wood vs rebreakable but i'll just say what i think. since they require slightly different technique they are both valuable for varying practice - which is always useful. whether one or another needs more strength i dont really know - we had an rebreakable board in class and it looked quite used to me, however some of the green or blue belts had trouble breaking them sometimes because they require more precision. i myself am a greenbelt and i had to try 2 or 3 times to break with an outward crecent (naeryo-chagi in TKD). real wood though is different - maybe it can break in more places but it still needs to be hit in the center in order to break easily and properly. not to mention that, depending on the wood, you might have to use extra strength, while the rebreakable ones usually need the same amount of strength i guess since its mostly technique that counts there. you mentioned that rebreakables get worn after a while - well, real wood gets broken after you punch or kick it! you have to buy more after, but with a rebreakable all you have to do is buy a new one and keep it for the time it lasts. i think we should use both - rebreakables mostly for training and rehearsing demonstrations while wood for exams and real demos. also, real wood can be strengthened by adding more pieces from behind - you cant do that with a rebreakable

well i got it from here: https://www.vanooyen.org its in Tae Kwon Do --> TaeKwonDo history --> Detailed History its quite a long read as i said i might be wrong - i havent read the article many times anyway, i guess i probably AM wrong - just check the site yourselves

well i suppose it takes the average person around 5 to 8 months to get that - i know this isnt very specific but thats what i can judge from observing myself and others

Well, I haven't checked the links you guys posted, but as far as I know, Tang Soo Do was the former name of TaeKwonDo. When the korean masters of Shotokan made a karate organisation in Korea they changed the name to its korean form - just as they did with Kendo, Judo etc. Then, when Tang Soo Do was modified into today's TKD, the name TaeKwonDo was voted most of all, because it was descriptive of the art and because it sounded a lot like Taek Kyon, and ancient street fighting korean martial art which was known for its kicks and cirular movement, and from which TKD takes it from. I dont know why TSD still exists - this is what i've learned from reading the history of TKD. according to this, TKD and TSD and the newer and older forms of the same art respectively. TSD looks a lot like shotokan because it was derived from it and it looks most like ITF TKD (the one Choi-Hong Hi founded) and less like WTF which was founded later as a public organisation in Korea (dont know if it was north or south). i could be wrong though